Racing Bulls
Isack Hadjar
“It was just a very frustrating end of the race. When there were 10 laps left, I started to see the front left endplate vibrating a lot, so I tried my best to avoid the kerbs. Unfortunately, it broke, causing a puncture in the tyre and damaging the car, which led me to retire. It’s a shame as we lost out on many points today, and after a difficult start which I’ll review together with the team, it would have been a very good reward for us as a team after fighting for P6 for the whole race. We take the positives from this weekend in Qatar, where we showed good speed and bring them to next week in Abu Dhabi for the last race of the season."
Liam Lawson
"It's positive to come away from the race with points after where we started. We had really strong pace when we were in clean air, but then spent the majority of the race in traffic. It's a shame to not have both cars in the points today after the damage Isack experienced towards the end, however I'm looking forward to closing out the season in Abu Dhabi while we fight for our position in the Constructors'.”
Alan Permane, Team Principal
"First of all, we apologise to Isack for the failure on his car. The front wheel deflector broke which we think is likely a consequence of the heavy kerbing here. Nevertheless, it shouldn’t do that, and we will investigate how it happened. Up to that point, it was an incredibly strong race, we were in for 6th place and racing well. Liam also had a very strong race; from 12th to 9th, finishing in the points and showing really good pace throughout the race. We go to Abu Dhabi with a job to do still, but I’m confident we’ll have the performance and can round off the season on a high."
